Reversible traction-reel.



J. W. MASTER b N. 8. ABRAHAMSON. anvnmm: TEAOI'IOI REEL,

M'PLXOM'IOI "LID I'll. l0. "h. I 1,009,1 3, Patented Roman 7//////////IV v WAQVS nan: W. In!!! AND NIL! I. AIRAHAIION. OI IAN DIEGO, CALIIO BHIA.

REVERSIBLE TRACTION-REEL.

lpecllcattoa of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21. h.

Application flied l'eln'uary 20, 1811. Sfl'llhltt. 009,887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Janus \V. Mas-run and Nita S. Alueunmsox. citizens of the United Staten, reaidiug at San Diego, Ill the I county of San Diego and State of (.ahforniu, have invented a new and uv-eful Improvement in Reversible 'lraetmn-lteels, of which the followin-uis a specifi ation.

This invention re ate-' to a reversible true- 10 tion reel for automobile-s and vehicles of like character, inning for its purposes the provision of mean. for iltclen-sin the traction of such vehicle. when hindere or prevented from proceeding. by the stickiness and tenacity of mud.

It is more particularly a reel, revolubly supported upon a clamping plate and provided with re\e|-.-il-le rutehets, and two wire cahlea oppmitely wound thereon, whereby I0 either wire cable may be rapidly unwound for the purpme of securing to some fixer. support and the vehicle withdrawn from the mm by the application of tower to the axle then-of, the ratchet-4 h'oh inn; the reel 88 while the vehicle is withdrawn from the mud by the re-windiug of the cable.

.These and other objects and advantages are atta'ined'hy the device emlmdying the principles of this invention, and com n'iaing 8 the'coinhinatioa and arrangement parts, sulmtantiully as herein dearrihed and claimed, and illustrated in. the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which v Figure re resents aside elevation of an automobile w reel having the reversible reel attached thereto, and shows in detail the clamps on theinner side of the .spokcs. Fig. 2 is a side view of a modified form of the'de- 40 )ice, showing in detail the reversible ratchet acting. upon thetmthed rim of the reel. Fig; 3' in a detail view of the method of clamping to a wheel, the spoke being HllOWll m crime-section. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a method of clamping to a. wheel, comprisingnhook with the nut on the outer face of the plate. Fir. ti is a detail view of the end of a wnc eah o-showm a ringattach'cd thereto,

\lilftll' pm be user with an iron pin not shown m. he drawings or may be attached loamy convenient point or projection. Fig.

6 ma aectumal detail view of a portion of the reel showlng'metluul of securing the.

cable when not in use, Fi 7 is a secti nal 35 detail view of the reel an clamping ,plate,

showin the manner in which the platehohls the reef Fig. 8 is a sectional detail view of a modified form of the invention showing the manner of attaching the device rigidly to the hub of a wheel of the character de' a rerihed. Fin. n repmeutu a cover for the reel. Fig. l" reprewnts a'uuldiiied form of the reel adapted to he u.-ed with one cable. The cable used on this reel will he wound in one layer ermitting either end to he drawn a5 out as an for the p'trmr-e desired, the opposite end of the cable being secured to t re reel. 1

Iieferring more particularly to the drawings in which similar characters of reference designate correspomling parts throughout the several \ltEWn. nnna-ral 1 designates the spokes of an automobile wheel having clamping plate 2, mounted thereon and held in position by strap: 1}, each strap being placed 73 on the inner .sltlt' of a spoke and secured to a pair of bolts 4, extending from the clam iin plate through to the inner side of the w lee Au annular flange 5, holds reel 6, in a revoluhle position upon ehuupiug plate 2; so

the reel being provided with a flange 7, having ratchet teeth 8, thereon. A cable 9, is wound upon the reel in one direction, and cable 10, in the oppmite direction, the reel having an annular partition 11, dividin the some into two sections whereby the ca lcs which are preferably made of twisted wire strands, may be each unwound withoutin. terferin with the other. A clamp 12', pro-.

vided with a thumb-screw 13, is formed upon the outer edge of partition 11; and also upon the rim of flange 14, of the reel, whereby the free ends of thoeahle may be secured while-1 not in use. The cable endsare provided" with a loop or rim, l5, which may he slipped over an iron pin which has been driven into the ground or onto any convenient projection, when the device is to be used for trac-., tion purposes.

Reversible dogs 16, are adapted to engage with ratchet teeth 8,. in either direction, he-

ment therewith by' a mounted in a pivoted socket t8; the round none of the plunger engaging with a eorreaponding depression 19, formed on each end of the reversible dogs. SprinF 20, bears against the inner end of the hot ow plunger and' the inner end of the socket, therehv 0 )eretmg the plunger as described. A fol in: 11

handle 2t, is provided whereby the cable the turning of lever 29 into the position as may be quickly rewound u onthe reel, u. spring-pressed, [lat-nosed plunger .52, slida tly mounted in a tised see ct 2i}, and hearing upon eorrespouthng tlat surlaees on the handle, thereby holding the same m an extemled position as in Fig. 7, or a folded position as in Fig. 2. l

The clampint plate 2, as described and illustrated in Pige} 1 and 7, is detachable, aml may be applied to spokes of various sizes and of ditl'erent design in cross-section.

moditieation of a detachable clamping plate is shown in Fig. .2, the plate 24, being,' provided with slots 25 lltl'ttttlfll whieh hooks 20, pass, and the nuts tut-net thereon in wn the.oute't side. of the vehicle wheel. he slots permit the devieif'to be applied to wheels having ditl'erent. numbers of spokes, and the hooks are so shaped that they will bind equally well on spokes of various sizes and of did'erent de-i; n in cross-section.

In Fig. 8 is shown a further modification of the clamping plate, the same being )l'tl- \ided with an annular tlange 27, extending inward toward the lmb ot the wheel amt adapted to be bolted rigidly to the tlange a is usually found in :ttttolttoldle wheels and ehicles of like haraeter.

In operation, the device is used for true.- tiou purposes in the following manner. 'l'u'e vehiele wheel being: hindered in traetive power by mud whereby the progress ol the vehi le is stoppeth'ihe ratchet dogs may be 74' by pushing the pivoted soeket eontaitr ingthe plunger into either posi ion, and a eahle may he tptirkly drawn out amt the end thereol' .-erured to some solid supp rt. 'l'he dogs may then he quiekly re-et t'or rewindin, the eable on the reel. and power applied to the axle to rotate the vehicle wheel, whieh will operate to pull the vehiele backward or forward in nm-ordan e with the direetion of the point at whieh the eahle is supported. Sltottltl no eonvenieul support he found to which the eable may be atta hed, an iron pin may be driven into the ground l'or sueh purpose. A fter the vehirle is loosened from the mud, handle 2|. may he used for rewinding.

it is to be understood that this deviee is g 'to he used when the vehiele is prevented front progressing by the aetlon ot' the mud,

the power wheel of the vehirle being eapable of rotation but nothavlng traetton enough to move the vehiele in the mud, and as this f 6%. to the lever a short distance from the end,

sin n in the drawing. acting to bind the band on the reel.

further modilieation of the invention is shown in Fig. 10. in \vhieh ealnc 30. is wound in one layer on reel Ill. llllH permitting the use of either end of the able to be drawn out in e ther direetion tor the pur are retptlrrd. the opposite end of the eahle being wettt'etl It: the reel.

l"r tu the foregoing tlest'l'iptiou it will" '2 seen that situple'aml elllriettt means are he in pro\ ided l'or neeomplishing the objeets ot' the inveutiotn'lmt, while the elements shown and de eribed are well adapted to serve the purposes for whieh they are intended it is '10 he understood that the invention is not limited to the precise eonstruetion as set.

forth but inelades saeh change-t as may fall within the seope ol' the appended elaims, amt ueh ehange as may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

\l'e elauu as our invention: l. in a device as deserthed, :1 01am nng plate adapted to he rlamped to a ve ncle wheel, a reel revoluhly mounted on the elampin plate, a toothed llang'eon the reel, dogs pivoted to the clamping plate and engaging: with the toothed tlange of the reel, a partition dividing the reel into two secti ns. and a eable earried in eaeh section, the ables being; up tositely wound on the reel hen-hr th eable may he'qniekly drawn out; in either direetion for utilizing the traction power lll'lltl-lltt'tl. to move the vehicle in eith r lll't't'l ion. substantially as shown.

'2. la n derh-e as dest't'lhrtl. a elam ing plate adapted to be rluutped to a veiicle wheel. a reel revolubly mounted thereon a toothed lluttg'e on the reel, and reversible dogs pivoted to the clamping plate and en- .gaging with the toothed tlangeof the reel,

forming a ratebet therefor, substantially as slur-\Il.

t. In a doviee as deserihed, a clamping plate adapted to be secured to a vehiele wheel. a reel revoluhly mounted thereon, and a reversible l'ttleltel met-lamina m unted on the rlamping plate aml adapted to control the rotation ol the r el, eomprising doubleended dog's pivoted to the elutnpiltg plate, sorta-ts also pivoted to the elamping plate, a -l dlow. routel-nosed plunger slidubly mounted in earh sot-lust, and a spring within the hollow plunger inter msed between the inner end thereof and the inner end of the -oeket. normally holding the rouml nose ol' the plunger ttgttlltl :t eoi'|'es|mtttlittgly haped tltIll't'rmltllt on the Ian-k ol' the d whereby the-same is made toengage with the toothed llange ol'llie reel, substantially as shown.

l. lo a de\iee as deserila'd, a reel revoluhly mounted on a vehiele wheel, means for t-oatrolling the rotation ot the reel in either lto direction, and a folding handle attached to the reel whereby the same may be quickly wound up in either direction, substantially as shown.

5. In a device as described, a reel revolubly mounted on a vehicle wheel, a' cable wound thereon, and a cover adapted to incaeo and protect the reel and cable from dirt and injury, comprisin a thin metallic band which may be pla over the reel, and means for tifihtening the same whereby it may hold to t 6. In a reversible traction reel, a reel, a cable wound thereon, a clamping plate on which the reel is revolubly-mounted, re-

versible d for preventing the rotation of the reel in ependently of the clamping plate or for controlling the rotation of the reel in either direction, the said dogs being pivoted 0 reel, substantially as shown.

to the clamping (Flute, and an inner annular flange exten ing toward the hub and having a series of holes arranged in the inner rim at convenient intervals for securing .,the clam ingplate to the hub of a vehicle wheel, t e clampini; plate being thereby adapted to be rigid y attached to said vehicle wheel, whereby the reel and cable carried thereby may cooperate with the powerdriven wheel for tructivo pu rnuses, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto uilixcd our signatures this eighth day of February, nineteen hundred and eleven.

' JAMES W. MASTER.

NILS S; ABRAHAMSON. In the resence of--- Ra Keener, N. S. Pamni. 

